The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-25
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Jl1y the FeOpIe-A NcrlUdDle WOOL
Hat Boy.
GEORGIA.
Crops around Bronwood have suffered
greatly for rain.
Forty houses put up and going up within
few months is ValdoSta's record.
N W Turner, of Jacksonville, has a hog
about years Old that has five feet
The citizens of Ellavlle are working up
new paper to take the place of the Enter
prise.
Joseph Jerger's house at Townsville has
been burned. The loss is covered by in
surance.
The stockholders of the Georgia railroad
will hold their annual convention in Angus
ia May II.
Augustus Opera House Company has filed
petition for Incorporation The capital
stock is So, 900
Mr. Suber, depot agent at Andersonvile,
is "a years old and has occupied that position
twentyeight years.
The Convention of the Holiness Workers
of the North Georgia Conference will meet
in Gainesville May 10.
S W. Timmerman's store house at Stock
ton was robbed on the night of April s of
$500 in money and some goods.
A junk shop has been established at
for everything not valuable before.
T. w Rucler, at the present term of
court in Clarke county, has collected for a
client $3.50 debt that he once offered to
take $50 for.
Joseph Medill, the well-known editor of
the Chicago Tribune has been stopping at
the Piny Woods hotel at Thomasville for
several days.
Newman Herald: Eagle and Phenix fac
tory stock is selling at $50, and difficult to
obtain al that figure. About 700 shares are
held in Newman.
Lin Moler one of the young men who
went to Americas on the first Ohio excur-
SION, is running an engine on the jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West road in Florida
The Augusta operatives are petitioning
the Manufacturers Association for an in
crease in wages on the strength of the
recent factory dividends. No action yet
has been taken by the mills.
At Americas Friday Judge Foote sen
fenced Sykie Hudson, the negress who muir
dered negro girl with hoe, to be hanged
on June II next. Her attorneys have ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court.
There is an old mule who makes nightly
excursions TO the farms near Smithville and
makes the oat crop look sick. He pushes
rail after rail off the fence until it Is low
enough for him to leap, and then Jumps
over and feaSts.
On Friday of last week the Sheriff of Ir-
win county brought j. r. Allison, charged
with the murder of Nathan Sapp, before
Justice of the Peace Henderson, at Alapaha,
and after hearing the testimony the de
PENDANT was acquitted.
Ia meeting of the citizens of Valdosta will
be held in the Times office next Wednesday
afternoon, at O'Clock, for the purpose of
making arrangements for the entertainment
Of the Georgia Press Association, to con
enc in Valdosta on May IL.
AT Eatonton in barrel was a mother cat
18th her brood of young kittens Mr. Red
t!1ck caught a young rabbit and put it with
e kittens. The cat made no objections
mi proceeded at once to be a mother to the
lIttie rabbit, and for four or five days, unit
0ccidentally killed, the rabbit was succored
md sustained by the cat
81 Hon. II. B. Peoples was in Alapaha Tues
day on legal business. He had been Offered
$50 fee to take certain case, but when he
looked into it he saw there was no chance
for his client and refused to take the fee
He is $50 poorer financially, but his con
science will whisper some laudatory words
TO him, against which money is as dross.
Near Gibson there lives farmer who al
ways wore a soft, wocllen hat and when h,
went to war he always slept on his side witt
his hat for pillow. The habit of four years
standing was fastened upon him not to be-
shaken off, and even to this day when ole
man John retires and seeks the arms of Nor
pheus, the old wool hatmust pillow the heae
that was once target of Yankee shot anC
shell.
The grand jury of Troup county have in
dicted W. H. Murphy, charged with inces
tuous adultery, and who viii plead guilty
The victim was his own daughter and thu
unnatural relation was continued for severa
years. The penalty is from one to thre,
years in the penitentiary. 1t is a very re
voting case. Murphy has a wife and tive
or three children. He lives in Rough Edg,
district.
Saturday the Superior Court of Richmond
county refused j. P. McNallys application
for homestead This is big and move
victory for the local and Northern credit
oIs. The grand jury indicted Adolph
us Leopard for the murder of Brooks
a fellow factory operative, last week /
also indicted Oliver Scott for assaultine
Lawyer w. T. Davidson, and eleven Others
charged with minor offenses.
The engineering students belonging to til
Junior and senior classes of the Imiversit,
at Athens will start ON the Athens AM
jefferson railroad survey on May. 2 Pro
fessor Barrow, of the university, will e
along in the capacity of chief engineer. TIL
boys will survey the whole route iron
1AthNllH w JttitfoDIl, anu VIII even lDidIe I'll
grading stakes. The railroad company vii
bear the expenses of the whole trip
Last Tuesday a negro convict at Mr.
Powells camp, below Madison, attemptet
TO escape, and on refusing to halt the guarC
was ordered to fire, which he did the entir
load taking effect in the convict's face
One eye was shot out and several ball
passed through his forehead and into hi
face. The wound was a frightful one, bu
tue prisoner was doing as well as could b.
expected and the doctor said it would no
necessarily be fatal
AT Augusta Saturday at meeting of til
trustees of the Masons, place for the cree
ton Of "A handsome four-story building o
their burnt lot was selected by them at
cost of $40 600. The building committe
was authorized to have plans AMI speciilca
tons drawn in accordance with the trustee,
idea and proceed at once with the erection
OF the buiding. A large public hall. office
and rooms for local societies will he built il
connection with the Masonic hall
Eatonton Messenger: The Oconee rive
flows along the entire length OF the caster
limits Of Putnam county, separating IL from
the counties of Greene and Hancock il
this stream are numbers of valuable shoai
which, If utilized, would become sources @
untold profit To their owners. Many peopl